Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1924 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities external link and the Library of Congress. Learn more

Download & Play

Questions

Newspaper Page Text

liostocaa ortn.... Times- Dispatch Building
I? Sou lb Tenth street
Hours Richmond.l?* BaR Street
Petersburg Rurae.u . .10? X. Sycamore Street
In., hi,urn Hurcau.Hi El gat a -Urcci
BY MAIL Od? Sil Three One
I'OSTAOK PAIR ^ ear. Mo*. Mm Mo.
!>..?> ?'tl> Sunday . . .?tOU UM II.40 .45
I>?il) ?i'houi Sunday. *M ??? 141 ??
Sunday edition only.... i-0* Mi V>
\tickl> i R rduaaday)_1-W JO X. ..
By Times-Dispatch farrier Delivery Ser
tKX- in hub mot u -anl suburb*' aiul I'e
i?T?bur?? One Week.
Daily with Sunday.u cent*
Petty wuhuul Sunday.10 cents
>-i-day only_. 4 reals
I ntercd January V. IMS. at Richmond. Va..
a- : econd-claes matter ander act of I'ocRree*
of March J. I?:t.
WEDNESDAY. JAN' Ii. 1?""
THE sni TH'S KDI'I ATI<l \ tl.
PAt.EAN T.
Tl.at is an ex. client - . u that
a historical and allegon. al pageant be
presented at the Conference on Eduea?
rn n in the South to t>e held in Rub
rnond the midd!- Of April With the
aid of Southern authors arid teachers
?? should be i .-- ? ' i : sent a scries
Jf pictures shott.r.g what the South
nas meant to the nation in the past
Hi: the pageant to which tb:s coofer
?-r:<e had better direct its serious atten?
tion right now is the procession of
tesa Southern States touting the
of the Cnion on ten main cdu. ..
ttonal counts as recorded in the effi?
ciency tables published by the Sage
II batten. This is the pageant that
- l I to make the South forget she
bed a glorious past m terrible
shame for her inglorious present. In
ST. these are the last thirtcen-States
? Incavties] Maryland. Tennessee.
-\ r Lv-uisiana. New Mexico, Vir- !
sviaia we rejoice in the rank of forty
Kentucky. Arkansas. Georgia.
' ? North Carolina. South
. . :..? acl. ending the j arade of
- Alat ?ti: j
- - s. itferr. Educational Confer- ,
e- !;.-::?;? < r t.tt.e : ? v -:e on
fr...s. I: fcas a n.ar. s st. e ;..?>?
- - t .{jtrttiri how this teinble
:: .:-fet before the civilized world
.-. t* ?:.? wered. If a few pictures
aa) what the South has done can help
i'.: ha ret to work on :h:s pre-Mem. by
r?_-s ;e; -jj > ;he f jpec:
Bai the p*t- is going to hs made an
excuse for jig inert in seif-com
r^artr.t satisfaction with the equaiid
-f~.or?-> -e of our people to-day. ther,. it
oat the picture stuff and spend that
money in mailing the Sage Foundation
:?pv~: throughout the land, so that a
knowledge of the truo conditions may
be preliminary to reform.
The South is last in the firnti': of
ehildrcn in school, the expenditure per
child, the average of school days pat
rhild. the average attendance the su
of school plants, number c>r high schools
aid salaries paid teachers. These are
the cold farts to be faced. This is the
text for the conference. Det's make
some history, last talk about ancient
listury.
THF. CRISIS IN PORTK.il.
Another crisis in 1'ortugal and another
r>atch of conflicting news as to the,
tituation and conditions, and of specula?
tion as to the ultimate outcome?
?oseate news on the one hand and
gioofley on the other. Amid it all a
-ontemporary asks "what ails Portu?
gal"'"' The answer is not difficult. It
.s summed up in the one word "poll- .
fi. ians."
The Portuguese revolution, through
?buh the monarchy was overthrown
Hid the republic established. was
?ssentiaiiy a revolution of politician-,
is differentiated from an upheaval of!
the people. The masses of the nation
sre among the most illiterate of those
af any in Europe: also they arc among
the most inert and indifferent, and
?a'gel-- they accepted the new order,
r.ega'ively^ Ho long lead they been
ground ctnwi? v,y pa rert j and eanwaw
'. .lation. that In great measure tbey
tad become little less than fata.ist?
They reasoned, if in truth they reas?
oned at all. that no change could bring
worse for them. Nor has the ?hange
rendered their 1st better or worse to
any appreciable extent.
Ever since the birth of the "infant
republic"" the politicians have been
firh'.ing among themselves for power
and pelf. Cabinet downfalls have
r>ecn as Irecjuent as they wer? in the
SnSaW days of tno present IrrMi
< public. Mcanwhiie the same old
a 1. uses have obtained, promisee of
reform, relief from the exactions of the
tax-gatr > .-< : ? rt y ::: g? :.< ; ., ?. ,
locsU governn.? f al adinni-* ? ,i'
amelioration of the conditions of the
artisan classes have r.ecn n.ade by each
successive ministry, only to be broken
. Labor strikes have been common If the
monarchy wa? lntolerat.- :: ? . ??
4'ericahani. the republic l.as beet,
no leee so in supporting eeeulansrr
socialism in its moat dangerous form,
as Rhen la ans: hy I as R ? ?
.-'.ised its bideo-js head lime .. ?
> i aoe has seemed Smash
Small wonder then, in s i h aspet hi
' s" there are :t v ?
republic and p-e-di-.- a w.e-?|..r ? .
monarchy or IBs sBetaajl i I |
*i et these sea Rag tBi
There are others whleh -- >
It at no allgti* enc ouragen.c ?t tLu
Portugal ha* an leaf] ateed the strain 1
of thias'a ' of
of ?faaai r ?
actaal chaos sad anarchy,
euragir.g ?
the er Kan' e that
ti'#n of. and e ?pi
'epubluan ins'it ,' - > , r, -
rejeplng amor.g
aB esaeaaa save the i.is*> a
leeept exhaust re t. ... ( .
t jguess sitaatioa in f*nrhi
writer of which is refer ? i
?aken the (reateat pains la as
hiinaelf it the s ,h'e. t
sire relative to the
laeBea* eat hearing ?r the in. > ?
'heRsTsiis's it,
ta a man at?h a maatlMt'-r ? ?
-???
en; hu*.asm. The people und the army
ti n: t eil for the deftnke of the republic.
And thus in lets than two year* the
1 republic has sun-reded not only In
satisfying the consciences, but oven In
gaining the hearts, of those who hcnce
; forth will be its faithful adherents."
A conflrmed and unreasoning pessi?
mist must be he who cannot, in ell the
i circumstances, see in this the fore?
shadowing of a trial of conclusions
between the jm <,;,io and the politicians
for the vindication of republicanism,
and a silver lining of promise to tbe
Portuguese cloud, dark as it appears
at present With the principle of real
representative and constitutional gov
? ? ii* i ? c linplunted in the heartsof
the people, and beginning to quicken
ran*1 :' o 11 ? i s h, and to be stimulated by
knowledge of selfish leadership betrayal,
the result of the trial can hardly be
111 doubt.
MASSAI HISFTTS'S MISTAKE.
The nation is disappointed at the
ho:> c of Massachusetts for her vacant
s'at in the Senate of the I'nited States.
Her fine tradition of high public- service
cannot be maintained by John Wingate
Weeks, whose party regularity was the
controlling reason for Ins election to sit
? -:,le Cabot Lodge. In the light of the
long roll of uncommonly able, states?
men who have represented the Old Bay
State in the Senate, it was to be ex
; at led that some man of independence,
force and experience in public atlairs
would be chosen. There was Samuel
W. M ? ? C: I who , ould huve. restored to
his State its great senatorial traditions
of former times, but the narrow vision
of the Republican majority in the
Legislature closed the door of the
Senate to turn who was best ablo to
bend the bow of Webster and Sumner.
The South entertains deep respect ,
for the breadth, the intellectual strength
and lhe public service of Mr. MoCull.
When Massachusetts elects a Weeks to
the Senate, she is estopped from j
criticizing the South for the manner of
some of the men that represent her in
tbe national councils
Jt ST IKI>I1 AI It.
Fresh air is the only necessity that
is free nowadays la tug citles. Why
then cannot Richmond have enough
for good health' The Council should
take immediate steps to pass the ordi- :
nance recommended by Dr. Levy
authonz.ng the City faaaltfc Board to j
enforce rules for the proper hratmg,
ventilation and sanitation of all public I
buildings, ttM ludir.g I Lcatres. halls and'
auditoriums for whatever purpose used. ;
Brief agitation bas resulted in marked :
improvement in street-car ventilation,
but the health officer should have con-j
trol over the other disease-breeding
foul a:r traps. The importance of fresh
air and plenty of it is a matter of almost
everyday knowledge. In last week's
health rejtort from Cleveland. Ohio, it
It noted that deaths from "bad air
'. at .-es" showed a marked increase.
There is a distinct and lecognued class
of disease in whole or in part due to
bad air. The winter is the season of
bud air. Public balls are the most fre?
quent collectors of bad air. and of the,
germs that, thtive under bad air con?
ditions. Let the Health Department
control such evils.
Specifically the constantly frequent?
ed moving picture shows ought to be
better ventilated. If TO.iiOU persons,
many of whom are children, visit them
e\'ery week, their health should be pro- :
tected. Department stores also could
be improved. Not least, attention ;
should be given to the air supply of !
chiir< lies. Bad air is unmoral; and
aaaas of the noteworthy drowsiness of
congregations is often due not so much
to poor sermons as poor ventilation.
The typhoid death rate in Richmond
bag been wonderfully reduced by at
tentlon largely to the water supply and
sanitation. But the tuberculosis rate
was reduced in Ml by only two deaths,
from 313 to M. Tuberculosis is largely
a "bad air disease." We have purified
our water supply. Let this ordinance
help purify our air supply.
MIDIMION Ol THE FIRF.MKNS
DFMANDS.
The protracted negotiations between j
laa relpraeant alls as of the locomotive!
firemen and the managers of tbe rail?
roads cast of the Mississippi and north
of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers has
Anally tcsult-d in an agreement to
submit the matters a* issue to mediation
under the Lrdman act. This decision
is. in its ultimate analysis, a severe
blow to the movement for compulsory
arbitration of railroad wage disputes,
or for arbit ration by a board of promin?
ent citizens according to the procedure
folio wed in the recent adjustment of
wages ami working conditions between
the railroads a,id the locomotive engl
necs. The firemen's organization abso
lataty refused to become a party to
and severely arraigned the form of
arbitration adopted by the engineers
and the railroads.
I l.e avempt to mediate between the
lit I ga and the railroads will probably
be without result, and it will be neces
a I i a reeenrse to the arbitration ?
tan af ;he Lrdman act. The tUe
m':, have evidently i?cen planning
this oi.-e, t m view all along and
w eeattnue tbeir efforts towards'
ctt.i of the Lrdman
*? '?.'!?' arbitration consists
ot ti ree p.embers, one being allotted
hatMR ft at t-SS pari:? s to the controversy
tt.i tJJstrd t? mg an impartial referee
tbe proceedings are l-egjn
? advantages of this method of
:?.,' ot, a? .on.psred with the
? ? .' t ' ? >? delay and ri
-? incident to the usual board of
i trat son Roads ip of seven members.
t.lltlll MAM Ml I TIM.s |\ THF
PI Kl I? w. Iff.o| ?.
Every public school m Virginia should
ssM't need raasta averting tats area I a.
Th? Co-Onern'ire MtMM n Aseocia
??eor>le win i i, ,e di?
' i : be ?? ?,?.. . ? ? . ?. . . ? .am
to the sohoolhoueee. Kvary effort ought
to be mads to secure the largest pos?
sible attendance of eittaena, and nottoea
of the meetings should he published
..far and wide. Where there are olrlo
leagues they should effect successful
community conferences concerning the
need of better bighweya. In schools
where there are no leagues, the princi?
pal or teacher should assume the re?
sponsibility and take the initiative In
calling a meeting.
The circular urging action In this
direction has been sent to every school
I with the request that it be turned over
to civic leagues, where such organira
' tions have been formed. To enlist the
[interest of the school pupils, the Co
I Operative Education Association of
t fers a prize of IS for the best paper on
! the value of good roada. In order to
'qualify it foi competition, it must be
j read by its author at a publio meeting
I held in the school during tho month ot
January. The circular suggests an ex
' cellcnt program for u good roada meet?
ing, including the reading of the best
paper in each school by its author, an
eddress by some adult of tho com?
munity, and a debate as to the bond
Tssuo method of securing improved
highways, in addition, aome person in
Ithe community should read a paper
or deliver an address on the good roads
questi' n in his particular county, and
? ; r-cuss the local roads in informing de?
rail. Valuable fucta about better high?
ways are presented in compact form in
I tho circular.
The State Department of Public In?
struction and the Co-Opcrative Educa?
tion Association in this commendable
endeavor should have the whole-hcart
(.1 PS Operetten of every school in the
Old Dominion. Good roads meetings
will mean better roads, und better roads
will mean better school facilities for
pupils. Tho people in a community
without good roads suffer incalculable
loss through their inaction.
KEG I LATE MABRIAGE PRO?
POSALS.
The most recent novelty in the di- ?
rcction of matrimonial legislation is a
movement to causo all proposals of
marriage to be rendered invalid unless
made in writing, if the plan is
enacted into law, no mere verbal pro- j
posal would be 6'Jfficient ground upon
which to base a breach of promise suit.
Young women in quest of husbands
would have to carry along with their
powder rags blank forms to be flllc-d
out like dance cards by sui'.ora while
on bended knee.
The men. too. would be protected
by such a requirement. No man ought
to be convicted of a proposal upon the ;
prejudic-d and interested testimony of'
the proposec. Most breach of prom?
ise suits are brought by women who
hats the male defendant because he'
dor-s not love them, and yet the un
corroborated) testimony of tho female >
is regarded as conclusive proof of the 1
opposite party's guilt. Moreover. |
there are so marry over-anxious women '
who construe altogether meaningless
actions to be eqU-yaien? to an offer to
wed. The statute booka are filled
with cases ?'here an unintending and
unoffending man has been successfully
sued for breaoh of promise because of
some innocent thing he said or did.
It has been decided in a Western
State that if a single man invites a
single woman to take a walk and merely
points out a house to her and says.
How would you like to live there?-'
he has made a proposal of marriage.
? Yours faithfully ' at the end of an
impersonal letter would doubtless be
enough evidence in some progressive
States to prove a proposal by some:
Bright who never possessed the meng
ran at ail.
A law .-""liring proposals to be in
writing would undoubtedly be declared
?onsI it u t ional because H would safe?
guard man's inherent right to life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Latest from the front?the CsssaaSaj
on tlo-sernor Mann s staff are practicing
horseback riding daily in preparation
fat tho engagement in Washington on
March 4.
What is a bellsnickle1 "No fair
for anybody from the Valley to tell.)
Dead mens ashes are being sent by!
parcels post. To or from that torrid
SSM that Dante wrote about? '
Cbirago is regulating down-town
pedestrian traffic by policemen with
whistles, who blow to signal Tehicles
when foot travelers are to be permitted
to cross in reasonable safety. While
M hrnond feet <jo not complicate traf?
fic as the Chicago kind may. it would
be a go..?i idea for the traffic squad on
Broad and Main Streets to lay down a
few rules fee the safe and ?xpeditioue
handling of pedestrians
The Bunny Trot dances have an ele?
ment of good in them. They are good
for fat people who want to reduce
weight.
? tin. u.d can ?row thia week. The
?rv show is hatched
pr 'r.-..r Wilson's course of L'ni
iSstf ExtSSnSaSS IsaesSJaSJS is not too
%\ ? for the uneducated pluto
al to understand
It - - a terrible winter for the cc
irons.
What opera' inn is most to be draad
p#f The Manamas Journal declares
'hat a local wit says that hs fears
g that the surgeon can do as
r: i' ! as the cutting off of his boose."
? ' m 'ha' town of old Virginia good
d i.eigh bor hood. Boydton.
? M the news, according to the
'-? ' ? c -'_rs Star, that a number
'. ''ebrated New Year a
Day in a Basel commendable manner
by send rg a gi rti rase sapptf of aespeae,
na'?, i at.lies and smoking tobacco
? t r , ?? who are encamped near
the tow- - . h warn hearted thought
of J?M ??' ' rtur.ats IS true to the best
. ar.d Its ptopie
? n Newa in the home
i f ai ?e. ? -c "sUTft." sosVsate that
wspsti . . . gOOd reading
te^ny ougtv an ITS put In the homes
those who s'av st horns.
On the Spur of the
Moment.
By Roy K. Moulton.
Caught on the Fir.
An Arkansas woman, aged 113, took
her first ride on a railroad train the
other day. If oho had started on an
Arkansas railroad fifty years ago, she
' might be somewhere by now.
Physicians have forbidden Harry
Lauder to play "Hamlet." Occaslonaf
lv the physicians Issue an order that
I la strictly worth while.
I ? A Kansas City woman paid ISO for
,a husband. People should be more
careful of their money
Woodrow Wilson will also get a
degree from the electoral college.
Milk is now being recommended as
a hair tomo. Mure. Look at the bald
headed babies who have grown hair.
Anyhow, the modern woman doesn't
have to worry for fear that her pet
I ticoat drags, because she doesn't wear
I one.
Fashionable women of Peris have
' discarded rouge, according to report.
' That sounds like a bare-faced lie.
Wilson's nomination cost 1293 545.
and now it remains to be seen whether
the nomination was worth it.
Mr. /azzwolzwolzsky lives In Pitts?
burgh He owes a grat deal to the last
letter of the alphabet.
lapton's cup aspirations have as
much to do with the teacup as with
the yachting trophy.
The football rules are to be revised.
Upward or downward''
Arrordlng to Pasta Abner.
M. I "k ' IVavey 1- going the pace
tha* kills, uccording to reports from
down the city He didn't get to bed
before 9 o'clock any night last week.
He is getting to be quite a dramatic
cricket, having attended three nioviii'
picture shows within a month. The
Rev. Hudnut has got a good job plun
ing off the bottoms of the church doors
with a safety ru/.or so they will open
easy und folks won t havu so much
trouble getting in.
Miss Amy Pringle lost most all of
her bangs last week when she was call?
ing on Airs, .led Frihk and was play?
ing with Mrs. Frink's cat. which is
one of the best ratters in this vicinity.
Oraadtna Perkins is slnglm' the sehoo!
house at this writing and it is feared
she is near her lourney s cud. Mrs.
Anson J> risby was going to join the
Slaughters of the'American Mevolu-i
tion and was searching through her
family three, when she found five an?
cestors had died in Mute's Prison, four
in the asylum and nine in the poorhouse.
Bat has given up joining the Daughters
of the Revelation and will join the
Lark in Soap Club instead, where you
don't have to have any pride of an?
cestry or hope of posterity.
Chet Pinks kicked because he found
a suspender button in the hash at the
Hotel Hickeyvllla last week. He prob?
ably wanted a whole suit of- clothes
There is no satisfying some people.
M"i-s Phylis Swank and Jay Higgins
expects to surprise their friends by
eloping next Wednesday evening. This
will probably cause some little gossip,
as Jay is believed to have three wives
living and one in Battle Creek.
lames. BtebbinS has got a wen on
his nose, and every time he wants to
look crossways he has to turn around.
Orandrnu Hihbins says when a fel?
ler gets a new linen handkerchief
out of the store it Is like wiping your
nose on a pane of glass
Irresistible Impuses.
To scrutinize the hash In a 3-cent
restaurant
To begin eating a piece of pie at
the small end.
To ask your friend how many miles
he can get out of a gallon.
To hit the beefsteak a few < lipts
with the potato masher, whether it
needs it or not.
To walk off with your friend's lead
pencil
To try sosne, new kind of fuel for
the furnace every month.
To try and make a t2 50 birthday
present make a noise like Iii.
Wae?
Who put the hack in Hac kensack1
who put the buck in TUnboctool1 I
Who put the sand in Sandringham?
Who put the zoo in Kalamazoo?
Who put the sas m Arkansas''
Who put the han. in Birmingham''
Wae put taa nasse la Mississippi .
Who put the daiu in Amsterdam I
We'll answer all of these for you.
Hut there's one thing we cannot tell?
Who put all that enormous price <t?
In hard coal that the dealers aattl
Voice of the People
Plowing.
It is the firs' dav of the year, and I
plow a field :
It is a rounded knoll, and the furrow
falls downhill ail around.
And what a strange musical sound is
the falling of the loose furrow !
And the smell of the fresh mould is
Hire nothing else la tbe world.
I hang my hat on a tree, and work
bareheaded in the winter sun.
The Virginia hills are blur-, tho brook
? inkles, and the air is sweet.
Many idetl- come to me unbidden, and
tro-jp through n.y miridina rapid
procession.
I am domg good plowing?real work,
and I am very happy.
And I :h,nk SC fast that it startles me?
almost scares me?things that
come from nowhere.
The plow runs six inches deep, and
turns up strange stones that no:
plowman ever plowed up before:1
Who will know after 100 years from
now whether I did good plowing
or not ?
Shall I stop and heave out that rock
with the crowbar?
Who will know if I did good work
when I am gone"'
The horse? heave against their collars,
and they know that they are
doing good work, and are happy.
I feel tbe strength of a man at thirty
seven and I have my thoughts
besides :
They come like tbe music of a choir
of singers in processional?also
opera music:
The January soa covers me. and I
am happy, for I am doing good
work.
EDMOND FONTAINE.
Char!ottr---ulc. Va January 12. 19?.
Awav With Bowery Ballads!
To the Editor of The Times-Dispatch :
Sir.?Although I am very young
and accustomed to hearing the new?
fangled music and songs of to-day.
I very often hear the old sweet melodi. I
of long ago and wonder why it is that
all the sentiment and sweetness have
so deserted tf.e writers of to-day that
nothing of ih< ir kind is ever produ< e<!
There is absolutely nothing in tho
music of fl.e day that is indicative n.
the rsasaHeal n.ea-irc of the old-time
eentlts.eot pe. uliar to our Southland
ami the OM I?oa inion. Has it really
degenerated to each a degree that It
Abe Martin
\ r.'ssr faibn way f git yoer peme
in 'h paper is t' ctlmb thro' a barbed
wire fence with a gun waafs be
come o' th clever oja butcher that
used t trim th slesk in?'ead ? th
customer >
T
A DAY WITH AN OPTIMIST.
By John T. McCutcheon.
[OopTrtebt WM mm%m T MeUMefceoa.)
8
?Be*
?CfT ?
At, the weather could be improred. SrIU eyiiug will HI, ho! 8oeoe ooe ia lilielr to get hart oo three slip*
t much pwaaenter by coetraet pery tkje walke. Thie U a good, strong aide walk, bow
erer.
Now for a Jolly romp. Thie is great training for fhe Dear met I came nearly obetroetlng the traffic Iran)
tango rhen. Thia la. indeed, a rapid era.
Here Is waer- I get my feet weL Stili-juat think Now for a nice, quiet day at home?away from the
how happy eorac doctor will be, bustle and hurry of bnaineaa.
cannot be recalled' Have the song
writers of tale age no other inspiration
than that of writing such ladeOMl
things as hold" the floor' now'
11 Is really alai uiing.
How often tho aching heart of a
fond lover has been lulled to rest by
the sweet strains of "Juanita" .
many a man bus become bewitched
by the sweet voice of a pretty maiden
mingled with the soft notes of "Robtn
.'.(bur ; many an old couple has been
moved to reminiscent tears by hear?
ing Silver Threads Among the Oold ;
but the same tiresome music and vulgar,
indecent words of "Everybody's Doing
It." "When I (let You Alone To
Night Put Your Arms Around
Me," and the like, are far frort, pos?
sessing the < harm and beauty em?
bodied In the fluent and sweet melody
of t he old songs.
Then these songs tend to indicate
to the- outside world that our people
are becoming very shallow. These ;
tend to show also a eatSlM and rough
country, with ao culture and no re?
finement arid none of thai purity and
chivairv that have made tbe South
and "Ola Virginia' famous. Do we
wish la degenerate the minds of the
children of our Southland? Do we
wish them to grow up coarse, and 1
rough and lovers of such songs as
those in vogue at this tune' Let us
hope not : let un thrust aeide there
mental destroyers sent down on us
from the North by the Powory thugs
and loughs "on the "Oreat White
Way. for it is with these and no one
else that these songs originate.
Let us. if we cannot nave new ones
as sweet, "come back" with the old
ntialoiteaa and bury forever the vulgar !
bite of this day.
LATH IE COLLINS QUEEN E.
Surry Courthouse.
THE WORLD
AT LARGE
The Civic Pessimist.
No one thing is more discouraging
to the workers for civic advance or
more dangerous ha the well-being "of
city. State and nation than that species
of American citi/.er.ship which may be
called tbe civic pessimist. He it is who
regards everv civic mistake or backward
step as conclusive evidence that the
civic stream runs muddy and must
tierennial'y remain uncleansed of its
flit h . who looks upon every step in
advance as a delirious spree of progress?
ive emotionalism In his own mind
and in the minds of his indulgent friends,
he is the friend of good government,
because, in an abstract way. he ? on
demns In respectable terms the evil In
politics and government; but in reality
he ?e the deadly enemy of good govern?
ment because, by bis Insidious spech.
h" incuieat-* ,,nd circulates tbe germ
of civu. pessimism?that germ which
urges men to let tbe stream run muddy ,
"because it i? useless to try to purge it."
He :s net a Democrat, for he causes
thousands of otherwise respectable
SM to stay at home on election day
and thas give up the Held to the most
vicious elements of American politics; :
he is an atigsri hist, because be works
against government by all the people
and for government by the few If he
probably never have been established
a Cnited Sta'e* of America; if he bad
had his way in 1*40 that nation would
M BJ hare been continued. He Is the
perpetual krrookrr against good govern?
ment, and if he had his way he would
knoek our civic hope Into a million
| |C< , ,
OSWALD RYAN. ?
Memb< - National Murin ipal le*egue
? Prom the "City of Denver."
Orasnlird Courtesy.
to these travelers
te:;,u
?iber of the op
ihooM feel to Gs
Ity? that Is tbe
who computes
his part of the
* I'lf b'l
Tack-Wei
a-?man
switchme
by rail, so every railway worker who
cornea into human contact with the j
traveling public is personally rt-sponsi
bla for the camfort of those wo all ?
serve.
And. by tho name token, a tr.iv. :.
to he comfortable, must have eomfort
of mind as well an of body. Thus cv- i
ery railway worker is bound by his '
pi rsorial duty to accord tor-very man.
?/woman und child whom he meets that i
courteous treatment Which means full- i
est satisfaction.
When the time comes, as it will and
must, when every member of the op- i
erating force appreciates his personal '
responsibility In these particulars, the1
service will have reached a degree <,f
smoothness and efficiency which the!
management is determined to a'fain --|
Monthly Bulletin of the Traffic De?
partment. Chicago and Northwestern. 1
VIEWS OF THE
VIRIGNIA EDITORS
An Appeal to Goternor Mann.
Just one word to Oovcrnor Mann. .
We believe that the overwhelming de?
gree of public sentiment in Virginia i
opposed to the commutation of Claude
Allen's sentence or that of Kloyd
Allen. Do your duty. Oovernor. Hold
fast to yuor nerve show the public
that the gubernatorial spinal column
is made of stuff that neither breaks
nor bends before the storm of passing
c lamor. Let the law'take its course,
and our word for it in less than twelve
months many of those?aye. we be- .
here most of those?who now. looking
toward the penitentiary and seeing two
men condemned to die are moved with
pity so great that they'll readily sign
clemency petitions, will rejoice in your,
strength of purpose. Governor, and .
your fearless consecration to dutv. !
and your supreme fidelity to trust? ?
and will unite in the verdict that you j
have done wisely and well, and faith?
fully answered the responsibilities of1
a high public trust. Let it bo other?
wise, however?let both or either of
these men escape the doom provided
by- law and ascertained by the courts
and we believe the year will never
come in the life of the present genera?
tion when the aeed thus planted will
not spring up in an abundant harvest of
regrets There are the two ways be?
fore you. Governor?to one the finger of
n.n-'aken sentiment and opposition to
capital puni-hmont points .to tho other
the imperious die fates of high and Im?
pelling duty lead you. One ends in the
tangled underbrush and swamp-cursed
domain of irretrievable mistake?the \
other, in influencing you to stand by the
courts of the Commonwealth, may be a
bit difficult to walk in its first stage,
but it will take you to the highest
places?to the goal of increased pub?
lic confidence?to the place where awaits
the sense of duty clothed in the gar
n.er ts of c ourageous performance, of
lofty vindication . of inspiring, impres
aive. splendid dignity.?Lynchburg
New?
Dr. Mitchell and the V. P. I. Presl
deaey.
Nobody who knows Dr. Mitchell, or
is acquainted with hie career ae an!
educator, can doubt hie proficiency as
a scholar, his r ffn ien> v ?? a teacher
or bis qualifications as a disciplinarian
But what have scholastic attainments
to do with fitting a man to bead an
ag-ie-iltura! college or any other tech?
nical institution' What does Dr.
Mitchell know about farming ss a
practical affair or about agriculture as
a setenc-e' 1 he nest president of the
V p 1 should be a trained and ri
eaperiepeed en pert In the line of the
of educational work which the Blacks
burg institution is especially dos.aned
to promote The Institute has f%u?n
short of mavimrm efficiency aid ??se
fulneae in the'past largely because Its
sue ? eagive executive heads, while emi- |
nently quallSed in many other reipec?,
have not measured up to this easen ?
requirement. Of wha* value as as peri- I
enc* If we deliberately r< fuse to hod
and profit bj Be lessons'?Norfolk Mr
gtnmn-Pilot.
"As All-Bound Outrage
It endowbtedly wan the will of the
people, of Virginia that the last Legis
's'iire should abolish the svs'em of
hiring out convicts In the peniienttary
.-.-..?e rorporstlons. It Is not re
called now that there was a single
newspaper In the Htete which edro
fated the continuance of this polier*
and It ii< recalled very distinctly that
the majority of them were very out?
spoken in opposition to it.
Nevertheless, the legislature re?
fused to abolish the, practice, and tbo
hoard of directors of the penitentiary
Just have concluded a contract with a
M la-uis firm, under the terms of
which SOU convicts are to be hired to
the concern to be worked In the manu?
facture of overalls.
The only excuse we have seen for
tbe continuance of the system of leas?
ing convicts is that tbe State is not in
a financial condition to .'unify the ab?
rogation of the policy which haa ob?
tained for years. This is not a valid
excuse. If It be wrong to follow a, sys?
tem the evils of which am recognised
so universally, there ?an be no excuse
for retaining it. There is not the
sjtgntast evidence to show ihat the Leg?
islature made attempts to reduce the
cost od the State government in order
to obviate th? evil of consigning men
to serfdom in order to resales funds
With which to carry on that govern?
ment.
It is not clear to the minds of law?
yers that the state has a constitutional
ng'.t to hire out her convicts in this
m.inner Certainly the world has
rea< lied a stage of development where)
men oo not knag with equanimity upon
c. system whi' h is hardly a step re?
eved from barbarism
If Governon Manri had refused tr>
approve the contract leasing the con?
victs he would have found that tho
people of the entire State would have
been behind him. It is an outrago
upon every manufacturer of overalls
who employs free labor, and it equally
is an outrage upon labor.?Petersburg*,
Index-Appeal.
No Chance For Missionary Work.
Two editors just appointed United]
States Senators?but unfortunately foe
vc.-y brief terms. They will hardly
be in the Senate long enough to suc?
ceed in improving the morals of that
body to any material extent?Peters?
burg Progress.
Misspent Kmergy.
If tbe same energy directed in an ef?
fort to secure a small l-ederal office waa
used by the applicants toward build?
ing up enterprises for the town in which
they dwell what a wonderful showing
could be made in the course of a few
years. This observation Is not applleg.
ble to local conditions only, it is coun?
try-wide.? New Castle Record
Magnificent. But Not Simplicity.
Governor Mann and bis colonels era
planning to a'ternd the Inauguration
of \\ oodrow W ilson. In full regalia*
including gold tassels, gold braid, gold
cords, gold buttons, gold eye gin sees
and gold spectacles, they will invade
apital. Virginia horses, through
breds with cropped manes and cropped
tails, will bear th?m in the inaugural
parade, end beholding them the as?
sembled concourse of humanity will
forget that there ever was anch a thing
aa Jeffrrponiun simplicity.? Koanoke
World
? i
TShe
Hrif ional State and Cty Bank
rm itesjfjo to open an dcamtatimtr
subject to check or at 3% interest
in its S.Tvintfs Deportment ???? ?
CAPITAL and SURPLUS tl.600JDOO.QO
PUT THISLABEL ON YOUR GOODS
Telephone
MADISON MS
and ask
CHAMBER
OF
COMMERCE
Old Dominion Floor Co.
I Iocs si aid. Scraped aad Finished!
specialists on rrfimsHiraj old floors.
Q W. ALEX ADM. Manaaer,
?U We-t Mala st rear